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Military service
Service number:
J/9854
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
268 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
April 2, 1920
Glenboro, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 4, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 12, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot P. Grave 418.
Additional information
Son of Roderick George and Nellie Hurton, of Glenboro, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Roderick Harold Hurton
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Research indicates his squadron specialized in photo-reconnaissance missions and was probably flying a Mustang II at the time he was shot down. Since he crashed in England returning from a mission there has been a lingering question if he was a victim of friendly fire. -
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Photo of RODERICK HAROLD HURTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Roderick Harold Hurton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Roderick Harold Hurton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Roderick Harold Hurton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Roderick Harold Hurton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NEWMARKET CEMETERY (SUFFOLK) Suffolk, United Kingdom
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